Hurricane Ike
#151 Guest_TexasStarfish_*
Posted 19 September 2008 - 08:28 AM
Well I found some more water damage in my apartment and mold growing in my closet. Luckily, my plastic bin housing my ski clothes is what got wet. All my clothes, shoes, and purses seem to be doing fine. My front doorframe had one little crack and now has multiple large cracks in it. Seems the whole side of my apartment got wet and it is the side facing the hallway. My guess is the wind drove the rain straight down the hall and it got into the walls. My apartment is first, so I probably sustained the most damage in that area of the complex. My neighbor across the hall has water problems in all the same places. Crazy!
#152
Posted 19 September 2008 - 09:06 AM
#153
Posted 19 September 2008 - 01:54 PM
My prayers are with those still struggling (and there are many in this area) that their lives will be restored to normal as soon as possible
Edited by Mermaid Lady, 19 September 2008 - 01:55 PM.
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#154
Posted 19 September 2008 - 02:00 PM
My A/C is back on line now which was the last thing needing to get fixed. Went to the store and got produce for the fridge. Sure is great to eat real food again.
My prayers are with those still struggling (and there are many in this area) that their lives will be restored to normal as soon as possible
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#155
Posted 19 September 2008 - 02:17 PM
I know several people (including my Galveston house and the Houston Emergency Center) had issues with water blowing through air vents into their houses, soaking things that way.
Hi Lee,
So glad you're OK and that your house is still standing. You're definitely in my prayers that everything will be restored to normal as quickly as possible.
The scary part is that so many of the dead may never be found as they were simply washed out to sea. Our thoughts and prayers for them and their next of kin.
Edited by Mermaid Lady, 19 September 2008 - 02:19 PM.
Teresa,
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#156
Posted 19 September 2008 - 09:09 PM
The scary part is that so many of the dead may never be found as they were simply washed out to sea. Our thoughts and prayers for them and their next of kin.
This is very true, my contact on the maryland SAR team, said that when they where coming into galvestion via the water they saw evidence of just that, and also found several boats that looked like they tried to out run the storm but didnt as they found several yachts lost at sea with little or no signs of there captains or owners.
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#157
Posted 19 September 2008 - 10:59 PM
#158
Posted 19 September 2008 - 11:20 PM
How awful, so glad he didn't go. A blessing in the midst of so much tragedy.my dad told me a chilling story, whereby he almost went down to Caplen to secure his old cabin on thurs. and planned to return friday, but then decided not to. he said other friends did just that, some to get things and leave, others to stay, and unfortunately the storm surge came in thurs. nite and they couldn't leave fri. ...some are missing as those homes were washed away...
#159
Posted 21 September 2008 - 09:30 AM
http://www.boston.co...ul_life_of.html
There's one picture I would like to see - the 2 barges blocking a part of the east bound lanes and all of the west bound lanes of Highway 73 near Port Arthur. I didn't have my camera with me yesterday when I was in that area helping to clean out a flooded house of a co-worker so don't have one myself.
The mess will take years to clean up - tanks, storage containers (like those you see on trucks and ships), dead cows/fish/other unidentified things, boats and the leaked oil. The storm surge caused much more damage than the wind/tornadoes from what I've seen - those 2 barges took out about 1/2 mile of a electric feeder line and that's going to take months to get going since it's in a marsh area.
Things are looking quite a bit better though - about 60% of Beaumont now has power and the water doesn't have to be boiled because of the salt water contamination. Slowly but surely things are getting back to normal .
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#160
Posted 21 September 2008 - 10:07 AM
#161
Posted 21 September 2008 - 07:37 PM
#162
Posted 21 September 2008 - 08:03 PM
Thanks for the offers to go look for my friend, she finally got ahold of me the next day which calmed me down as she was the last person I hadnt heard from. Sorry if i sounded a little panicked but Im very protective of this person as she has been a great friend to me over the past couple of years. She rode out the storm at her offices EOC so she was good and taken care of.
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#163 Guest_TexasStarfish_*
Posted 24 September 2008 - 11:11 AM
Ike Ike Baby, Ike Ike Baby
All right stop, evacuate and listen
Ike is here with some big ambition
People, close your homes up tightly
It’s blowing like a hurricane daily and nightly
Where will it stop? Yo-I don't know
Turn off the lights and let’s go
To the coastline Ike rocks like a vandal
Start up the car and watch me drive like an animal
Dang, hardware store sales boom
Ike’s killing my plans like a poisonous mushroom
Deadly, evacuate they tell me
Anyone left will be charged with a felony
Love it or hate it, you better get away
Ike will hit the bull's eye, the storm don't play
If you’re on vacation, Yo, Ike stalled it
Check out the eye while the bands revolve it
Hurricane Ike Ike Baby, Hurricane Ike Ike Baby
Hurricane Ike Ike Baby, Hurricane Ike Ike Baby
Now that the people are jumpin’
With their stuff packed up and the gas done pumpin'
Quick to the road, to the road no fakin’
Pass McD’s get a burger with bacon
Burnin’ ‘em and follow the symbol
I go crazy when I hear some imbecile
Revving, in a souped up Pinto
Now I can roll, it's time to crack the window
Rollin’ in my Chevy Tahoe
With my window down, I can feel Ike blow
My laptop’s on standby, Waiting for some Wi-fi
This spot hot? No – and I gotta fly
Kept on pursuing to the next block
I busted a left and I'm beating the clock
The light was red
Yo -- so I continued to I-37 to San Antonio
Wish I was there in a blink like a jeanie
How I’d love to be sippin’ a martini
Jealous 'cause my girl’s living fine
She left yesterday and was there by nine
Ready to give my homies a call
My homies acting ill because their car just stalled
Humidity, the air is sticky as hell
Ike’s on his way, the weatherman yells
Moving toward the gulf coast real fast
I’m in my car, can’t give it no gas
Bumper to bumper the interstate’s packed
I'm trying to get away before Ike attacks
Police on the scene, what can it mean?
They hooked me up, now there’s another lane free
If you’re on vacation, Yo, Ike stalled it
Check out the eye while the bands revolve it
Hurricane Ike Ike Baby, Hurricane Ike Ike Baby
Hurricane Ike Ike Baby, Hurricane Ike Ike Baby
Yo man, let's get out of here! Word to your mother!
#164
Posted 26 September 2008 - 07:39 PM
I've heard several amazing stories from people surviving the storm on the Bolivar Peninsula - one lady had stayed at her ground level house and someone I work with was on the phone with her. She had 4 feet of water in her house and told him she really made a mistake on this one. He told her to get her life jacket on, swim to the cabin across the street and break in and ride it out there. The line went dead so he didn't know if she heard him. When a group made it to her house yesterday it was gone but the cabin across the street was there. They found muddy footprints, broken glass in the door and cans that had been opened so it appears she made it.
Sad news - apparently the footprints were not hers. They found her body in south Chambers county yesterday and positively identified her today.
They are letting property owners back into the Bolivar peninsula and my dad, a friend and I are going tomorrow morning to see if there is anything salvageable where our cabin used to be. Judging by the pictures and video it's unlikely...
According to the Spree/Fling websites both boats made it through the storm ok and are in Galveston helping with cleanup by housing emergency workers. The rest of the trips this diving season have been canceled.
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#165
Posted 27 September 2008 - 10:17 AM
This storm did a lot more damage that I would have expected out of a Cat 2 storm, probably due to low land and high storm surge. I found this link showing many, many photos, both before and after. The devastation is truly horrific, and must be even more so for those who live there. However, the spirit and teamwork of the residents is truly inspiring! Community is not just a word.
Link here
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